Combined hand bag and vanity box



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M. FREUND COMBINED HAND BAG AND VANITY BOX Filed March 24 1922 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 7, 1923..

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

max FREUNJD, on NEW YORK, N. 51., assrenon T0 rnnunn' BROS. a no. me, on

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COMBINED HANJD lBAG AND VANITY BOX.

Application filed March 24, 1922. Serial No. 546,846.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX FREUND, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in a Combined Hand Bag and VanityBox, of which the following is a specification. v

, The object of this invention is to provide a hand bag of the kindcarried by ladies, which will be provided with means for convenientlycarrying various toilet articles without in any manner increasing thedimensions of the bag. This object is accomplished by utilizing portionsof the bag which were heretofore more or less waste spacejand disposingmeans therein for conveniently carrying the toilet articles in a neatand orderly manner.

A further object of this invention is to provide a hand bag and vanitybox combined in a single article, whereby toilet articles will be keptseparate from mono or other articles usually carried in a hand ag,

" thus keeping those toilet articles free from contact vith themiscellaneous articles carried in the bag and retaining them in theirproperpositions in a compact and desirable manner.

With these objects, and other objects which may hereinafter appear inview, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter setforth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a parthereof, in which- 7 Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedcombined hand bag and vanity box in its open position;

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the lower end of the article, showingthe storage space and the comb pocket;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in thedirection of the arrows;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view of the ba and igure 5 is afragmentary View of a portion of the bag at its upper edge, showing themanner in which the closure flap is used. Throughout the various viewsof the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, as disclosed in theaccompanying draw- 1ng, 1 indicates the central portion or contamingcompartment of the bag. This is generally utilized for the purpose ofcontaining money or the like This compartment 1 is bounded by the sidewalls 3 and t and the bottom 2. The bottom 2 of the compartment is inthe nature of a false bottom of the bag, whereby a storage chamber 5 isprovide between the false bottom 2 and the bottom proper 6 of the bag.

The two sides 3 and 4: of the compartment 1 are arranged to cometogether at their upper edges to close the compartment in the customarymanner, and said upper edges are provided with the usual reinforcingpieces7 which are of metal and are provided with the interengaging claspmembers 8 and 9 which, when engaged, hold the compartment 1 closed.

The side 4 of the compartment 1 continues downward below the bottom 2 ofthe compartment and forms a back'10 for the storage compartment 5. Thestorage space 5 is thus bounded by the wall or side 10 and end walls 11,leaving an elongated side opening 12 over which the side flap 13 is heldwhen the bag is in its closed position, as will be hereinafter setforth.

The flap 13, which forms one of the outer faces of the bag, is freelyhinged or pivoted at M so that when desired it can be swung away fromthe side 3 of the compartment 1 as disclosed in Figure l where it willbe seen that the inner side of the flap 13 is accessible. The inner faceof theflap 13 is provided with a plurality of pockets 15, 16 which openupwardly when the flap is in its closed position. These pockets areintended to contain various toilet articles, the pocket 16 holding apowder putt 17 and the pockets 15 holding articles of greater bulk suchas the powder box 18, lip stick 19 and eyebrow pencil 20. lin place ofthe articles mentioned other articles may, of course be carried.

It will be seen that the pockets 15' are so positioned on the inner faceof the flap 13 that when the flap 13 is in its closed position, or inother words is held flat up against the side 3 of the bag, these pocketslie in re istration with the storage chamber 5 wl ereby the articles of,substantial bulk held in those pockets can project within the chamber 5,as disclosed in Figure 4.

Within the storage chamber 5 I provide a pocket 21 intended to receiveand hold a comb or similar article 22. The pocket 21 is secured withinthe storage chamber by stitching extending along its lower edge so thatsaid pocket will normally lie substantially flat against the wall 10 ofthe compartment 5. The pocket 21 by reason of" its manner'of securementwithin the storage space 5 may be swun forward as indicated in dottedlines in iigure 2 so that the mouth of the pocket extends directly outtowards the n side 12 of the storage chamber to enle'the comb 22 to bereadily removed from the pocketand returned thereto when desired.

On the outer face of the side 3 of the bag is secured a mirror 23. Whenthe bag is in its closed position as disclosed in the sec; tional viewin Figure 4, all of the toilet articles are thus held on the twoopposing faces 3 and 13. To hold the flap 13 fiat against the face ofthe side 3, I provide the inner face of the flap 13 with thesnapfastener members 24, which engage the cooperating members 25 on theouter face of the side wall 3 of the bag. An additional means forholding the fia 13 against the side 3 of the bag consists o the closureflap 26 which has one of its ends secured to a flap 27 which flap'issecured to the side 4 of the bag by the expansion strips 28. The closureflap 26 is provided on its outer end with a snap fastener member whichengages with a co-operating member 30 on the outer face of the flap 13near the upper edge thereof.

The inner face of the flap or side member '27, which by reason of itsconnection to the side 4 by the expansion strips 28 is movable withinthe limitations of the strips 28 to and from the side 4, is rovided withan expansible pocket 31. his pocket may be utilized to contain a 'smallchange purse 32 v or other article.

At 33 is shown the carrying strap which is shown secured in theconventional manner to the central reinforces 7.

It will be seen from the foregoing that I have provided a hand bag of nogreater dimension than those of customa construction; in which I haveutilized siibstantially all available space; in which a plurality oftoilet articles are contained or held together in a single compartmentin a neat and orderl manner.

It will e understood that the arrangement of the pockets 15 and 16 onthe inner side of the flap 13 may be varied to suit differentrequirements; that the shape and general construction of the entire.article may be varied in many ways, and many other changes in theconstruction of the article may be made without departing from thespirit of my invention.

What I claim is 1. An article of the class described comprising abaghaving a central compartment portion and two side flaps, one of saidflaps being flexibly connected to the central portion, the other flapbeing hinged to the central portion, said central portion havingastorage chamber located below the central compartment portion and openat one side thereof, apocket in said chamber and aplurality of pocketson one face of the bin ed flap some of which are adapted to pro ect intosaid storage chamber.

'2. An article of the class described comprising a bag having a centralcompartment and means for closin the'same, said compartment having itsottom terminating a distance above the bottom of the bag whereby astorage chamber is formed between the bottom of the compartment and thebottom of the bag, an opening in one of the side walls forming anentrance to said storage chamber, a flap hinged to said side wall, meansfor detachably holding said flap over the opening to said storagechamber, an elongated pocket within the storage chamber, and a pluralityof pockets on the inner face of the flap with some of said pockets onthe flap located in substantial registration with the opening to thestorage chamber.

Signed at the city, count and State of New York, this 27th da of ebrua1922.

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